Young boy injured in collision on Lincoln Road in Peterborough

Emergency services are at the scene of the collision in Millfield.

A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service said they were called at 2.21pm today to reports of a road traffic collision involving a car and a pedestrian.

A Cambridgeshire police spokesman said the incident had involved a boy.

The boy suffered minor injuries and has been taken to Peterborough City Hospital.

The ambulance service described it as a low speed collision.

A H Damani tweeted that a number of people had dashed out to help the boy.

Motorists are advised to avoid the area while the emergency services work at the scene.

Stagecoach Buses said the number 1 bus had been diverted as a result.